Work works itself to work

Kanjirō Kawai was a potter who lived in Kyoto. He and a collaborator, Hamada Shoji, conducted over 10,000 experiments with glazes in their first two years working together. (Talk about being prolific.) Here’s a poem he wrote, which I found in the Kyoto edition of D Design Travel magazine: Work works itself to work Work is happy each and every day There’s nothing work can’t do Work does anything and everything Even work work doesn’t want to do Work only knows to move forward Work surprises everyone with its unstoppable energy There is nothing work doesn’t know It answers all if you ask If you ask to do it work will do it What work likes the most Is to struggle with hard work All the hard work work would do Let us now work work work It reminds me that work is a condition of life; it’s not meant to be escaped. A proper respect for your own work also makes sure you’re not exploited. The post Work works itself to work appeared first on Herbert Lui.